Thursday, October 13, 2011

OEA President: "Members can not afford higher dues"

The Ohio Education Association (OEA) has nearly 130,000 members, and
takes “fair share” dues from thousands more education employees across
the state. OEA is the biggest in-state donor to We Are Ohio, so documented proof of OEA hypocrisy is… inconvenient.

I’m also taking into account the local presidents who
have told me to please keep the cost down of PSU because there [sic]
members can not afford higher dues for their(PSU)contract

Cause and effect, both together in one sentence!? When it comes to
once-public funds that have been siphoned into OEA’s hands, OEA is quick
to explain nothing is free.

More money for OEA employees has to come from somewhere, and
President Frost-Brooks doesn’t want members to have a reason to step out
of line. Taxpayers, on the other hand, are none of OEA’s concern, so
basic economics go out the window when defending the unsustainable
benefits union bosses promise to members.

Communications by PSU lack credibility because they are misleading and sometimes inaccurate.

Nothing says “solidarity professional” like calling your employees liars! I
doubt this is the sort of representation many Ohio teachers have in
mind when they fork over hundreds of dollars to OEA each year.

Wow, Modern - somehow you forgot (again!) that this series is about the strike and years of hypocritical quotes from OEA bosses & staff.

OEA is completely untrustworthy, as their own words prove. Government union "solidarity" is a farce, but that's of no concern to you because union bosses dump millions into the Progressive nonsense you adore. Keep up the good work, I guess...

Teachers in Ohio do not make $95,000.00 a year. Check your facts. I'm sure that you do not make $250,000.00 a year, so why would you side with the party that is against you. Republicans are NOT supportive of minorities, working America, women or the elderly. I would not want Policemen, Firemen or Teachers to be dependent on people that do not have their best interests in mind when it comes to their salary. I would NEVER want to do their job. Stop irresponsibly pitting the middle class against each other, and work towards bettering each others lives.Previous generations have fought for the rights that this and the upcoming generation take for granted. Perhaps the rights won by Unions should be cast by the wayside, and employers and big business can pay a pittance with no benefits. I AM NOT A POLICEMAN, FIREMAN OR A TEACHER, I AM WHITE, EDUCATED, AND MIDDLE CLASS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO, AND THEIR RIGHT TO GOOD WAGES.

Teachers in Ohio do not make $95,000.00 a year. Check your facts. I'm sure that you do not make $250,000.00 a year, so why would you side with the party that is against you. Republicans are NOT supportive of minorities, working America, women or the elderly. I would not want Policemen, Firemen or Teachers to be dependent on people that do not have their best interests in mind when it comes to their salary. I would NEVER want to do their job. Stop irresponsibly pitting the middle class against each other, and work towards bettering each others lives.Previous generations have fought for the rights that this and the upcoming generation take for granted. Perhaps the rights won by Unions should be cast by the wayside, and employers and big business can pay a pittance with no benefits. I AM NOT A POLICEMAN, FIREMAN OR A TEACHER, I AM WHITE, EDUCATED, AND MIDDLE CLASS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE WHAT THESE PEOPLE DO, AND THEIR RIGHT TO GOOD WAGES.

A recent pro issue 2 ad noted that government employees get 42% more pay than the average taxpayer. Basically every penny that goes to the folks you admire comes from me and people like me.

I don't mind paying "good wages" but this is a gouge. I'm being screwed and it is long past time for that to stop.

Other states have right to work laws which weaken the stranglehold of the unions. Are their teachers, policemen and firefighters some how not as good as the ones on which my tax dollars are lavished?

The public nipple suckers should pay what I pay. they should not retire before others, they should contribute the same amount to their pensions as private sector employees and they should pay the same for their benefits as the private sector folks who support them.

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